Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

। अध्याय

Transliteration

| adhyāya

Translation

„Adhyāya“: Kolophon-Markierung, die in der Handschriftentradition die Kapitelgrenze bzw. das Kapitelende anzeigt.

Word by Word

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Sambandha (Label/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; शीर्षक/निर्देशार्थ (chapter heading)

Speaker

Manuscript/Editorial colophon (not a spoken verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf or paper manuscript folio showing the single word 'अध्याय' as a rubric, with decorative daṇḍas and marginal flourishes, signaling a pause in recitation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

This is not a teaching verse; it functions as a textual marker indicating a chapter division.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this fragment; it is a colophon-style chapter marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is not a prescriptive verse.